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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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May 24, 2014
May 24, 2014
21 min
Avicenna’s distinction between essence and existence triggers a running debate among philosophers and theologians.
May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014
23 min
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī’s controversial career sees him adopt and then abandon Ismāʿīlism, team up with the Mongols, and offer a staunch defense of Avicenna.
May 11, 2014
May 11, 2014
22 min
The Illuminationists carry on Suhrawardī’s critique of “Peripatetic” philosophy and wonder if they will be reborn as giraffes.
May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014
23 min
Suhrawardī, founder of the Illuminationist (ishrāqī) tradition, proposes a metaphysics of light on the basis of his theory of knowledge by presence